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Apr 25, 2024
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SPN 409 - Rebels with a Cause: Contemporary Spanish Youth Culture 1975-2010Course Units: 1
(Not Offered this Academic Year) This course examines fiction and film of Spanish writers and directors from 1975 to 2010. Students consider critical perspectives on the development and expression of youth from the Spanish Movida (1975-85), Generation X (1990-2000), and the Mutantes (2000-2010). What are the socio-historical and cultural developments that have influenced these groups of writers? How have they reacted and represented their social realities? How did they define their identities, question and rebel against society? To what degree did North American popular and commercial culture and developments in media technologies infuse their storytelling practices on thematic and technical levels? Students in this course will read short stories and extracts from novels, magazines and newspaper articles, they will watch films and YouTube clips, write blogs and papers. Prerequisite(s): Two 300-level courses. CC: LCCS, HUL
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